Record: 71-53-5, .570 W-L% (3rd of 11) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 11.20 (1st of 11) ▪ SOS: 8.81 (1st of 11)
Conference Champion: Northwestern
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State)
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Tshimanga Biakabutuka* | Michigan | 303 | 1818 | 6.0 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | 308 | 1868 | 6.1 | 12 |
| 2 | Curtis Enis | Penn State | 113 | 683 | 6.0 | 4 | 113 | 683 | 6.0 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Eddie George* | Ohio State | 328 | 1927 | 5.9 | 24 | 47 | 417 | 8.9 | 1 | 375 | 2344 | 6.3 | 25 |
| 4 | Mike Alstott | Purdue | 243 | 1436 | 5.9 | 11 | 25 | 162 | 6.5 | 0 | 268 | 1598 | 6.0 | 11 |
| 5 | Edwin Watson | Purdue | 102 | 553 | 5.4 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 0 | 108 | 594 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 6 | Mike Archie | Penn State | 97 | 512 | 5.3 | 1 | 21 | 141 | 6.7 | 2 | 118 | 653 | 5.5 | 3 |
| 7 | Corey Rogers | Purdue | 82 | 424 | 5.2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 85 | 438 | 5.2 | 8 |
| 8 | Chris Darkins | Minnesota | 164 | 825 | 5.0 | 6 | 12 | 97 | 8.1 | 0 | 176 | 922 | 5.2 | 6 |
| 9 | Marc Renaud* | Michigan State | 216 | 1057 | 4.9 | 3 | 24 | 226 | 9.4 | 0 | 240 | 1283 | 5.3 | 3 |
| 10 | Sedrick Shaw* | Iowa | 316 | 1477 | 4.7 | 15 | 16 | 144 | 9.0 | 0 | 332 | 1621 | 4.9 | 15 |
| 11 | Scott Greene* | Michigan State | 125 | 590 | 4.7 | 17 | 33 | 291 | 8.8 | 0 | 158 | 881 | 5.6 | 17 |
| 12 | Darnell Autry* | Northwestern | 387 | 1785 | 4.6 | 17 | 27 | 168 | 6.2 | 1 | 414 | 1953 | 4.7 | 18 |
| 13 | Alex Smith | Indiana | 166 | 769 | 4.6 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 0 | 177 | 827 | 4.7 | 3 |
| 14 | Pepe Pearson* | Ohio State | 83 | 385 | 4.6 | 3 | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 0 | 88 | 480 | 5.5 | 3 |
| 15 | Carl McCullough | Wisconsin | 236 | 1038 | 4.4 | 3 | 25 | 170 | 6.8 | 0 | 261 | 1208 | 4.6 | 3 |
| 16 | Rafael Cooper | Minnesota | 112 | 471 | 4.2 | 2 | 10 | 114 | 11.4 | 1 | 122 | 585 | 4.8 | 3 |
| 17 | Robert Holcombe | Illinois | 264 | 1051 | 4.0 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 0 | 272 | 1108 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 18 | Aaron Stecker | Wisconsin | 86 | 334 | 3.9 | 5 | 15 | 91 | 6.1 | 0 | 101 | 425 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 19 | Jon Witman | Penn State | 84 | 316 | 3.8 | 9 | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 1 | 98 | 403 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 20 | Sean Glover | Indiana | 120 | 395 | 3.3 | 3 | 33 | 239 | 7.2 | 0 | 153 | 634 | 4.1 | 3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 21 | Ty Douthard | Illinois | 70 | 232 | 3.3 | 4 | 27 | 253 | 9.4 | 1 | 97 | 485 | 5.0 | 5 |
| 22 | Chris Dittoe | Indiana | 71 | -112 | -1.6 | 4 | 71 | -112 | -1.6 | 4 | ||||